Cushion-heel and means for attaching same.



J. H; MILLER.

CUSHION HEEL AND MEANS FOR ATTAOHING SAME.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.7, 1913.

Patented Apr. 7

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Specification of Letters Patent. 1

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Application filed February 7, 1913. Serial No. 746,706.

Be it known that I, Josnrn H. MILLER, a citizen of the United States, residin at Duluth, in the county of St. Louis and btate of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cushion-Heels and Means for Attaching the Sameyand I do hereby declare the-following to be a full,

' clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it appertains tomake and use the same.

Mydnvention relates to cushion heels for boots or shoes and to means for attaching the same in such manner that, after the plates have been fixed to the base or body heel, the cushion heelmay be positioned by the average wearer without the requirement of especial skill, or so removed and interchanged from one boot or shoe tothe other or be replaced by new cushion heelsf It has for a further obje' the provision of a cushion heel and attaching plate so constructed and related as to provide a firm support, and so constructed as to discourage attempts to trim down the sides of a large size heel to make it fit a smaller body heel. With these and other objects in View, it consists of the constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1, is a top plan view of the attaching plate forming part of my said invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a rear end elevation thereof. Fig. 4,

is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 5, is a top plan view of the cushion heel forming part of my said invention. Fig. 6, is a central vertical longitudinal'section through said cushion heel and plate and through the body heel of a shoe. Fig. 7, is a perspective view partly in central vcrtlcal longitudinal section of aifragnient of the'body heel of a mediate of the center and forward end of said plate there is formed thereon a depending transverselv directed flange 1 provided at its lower end with a forwardly directed foot 1. In said cushion heel, 2, intermediate of its side edges are formed downwardly directedvertical recesses 2 adapted to receive and closely engage said flanges 1 In said cushion heel, intermediate of its center and rear end is formed a downwardly and rear-- wardly directed recess 2 adapted to receive and closely engage said flange 1 and foot 1. Insaid cushion heel intermediate of its center and forward end there is formed a downwardly andforwardly directed recess 2?, adapted to receive and closely engage said flange 1 and foot 1. Said flange l is adapted to operate as'a centering device and to conform concentrically and coextensively to the periphery of the body heel of the shoe to which said plate is intended to be permanently secured. Upon adjusting said plate to the body heel, it may be tapped with a hammer so as to drive said flange into the body heel to mark the same for trimming or to hold said plate in position while it is being screwed or nailed fast. Nail or screw holes 3, are formed in said plate near the periphery thereof for securing said plate to the permanent body heel a of the shoe. If desired, recesses QP nay be formed in the upper face of the cushion heel to receive the nail-heads of nails directed through the holes 3.

It has heretofore been customary in many cases for shoerepairers who were not temporarily provided with the desired sizes of detachable cushion heels to attach a large size plate and cushion hee1,*and to then trim down the sides of the cushion heel to conform to the contour of the body heel. It will be obvious in such case that if the plates on opposite shoes are not centered exactly alike on both body heels, that the trimming of one cushion heel to conform to the body heel to which it is first attached will not adapt it to conform to the contour of the body heel of the opposite shoc'so as to make the cushion heel satisfactorily interchangeable. When therefore the cushion heels are afterward interchanged from one shoe to the other to equalize the wear, the consumer notes that the sides of the cushion heels are no longer flush with the sides of the body heel, and cannot be made so without removal and skilled or tedious readthe body heel and cushion heel, which may be secured together by it, and the plate on the body heel of one shoe being of the same size and style and flush with the sides of 4 that body heel it follows that the cushion heel removed to it from the opposite shoe will fit exactly.

I am aware that it is not new to make an attaching plate in the nature of an open frame for attaching cushion heels ,to shoes, but it will be observed that my late is not an open frame in the sense that t e material feature of such open frames is' that they are intended to remain in whole or in part unfilled to provide an open space, or spaces, or open recesses between the bottom face of the body heel and the cushion heel, on the contrary it is one of the express features of my construction that the cushion heel is so molded as to provide elevations or raised portions X adapted to fill any openings in I said frame and assist in providing a firm I in the art.

flanges may .beformed on my said plate if I support; the temporary openings of my plate being merely incidental to an economical method of forming the flanges from a flat plate by means of dies as is well known Additional depending similar desired, and said plate or cushion heel may be altered or modified in minor details within the scope of certain of my claims.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with the body heel of a shoe,.or boot, of a fastening plate coextensive' in area with the bottom of said body heel, said fastening ,plate having formed thereon an upwardly directed peripheral knife-edge flange, said plate having formed thereon a depending transversely extending flange. provided with a forwardly directed foot, said plate having formed- 'having angupwardly turned peripheral flange formed thereon, said plate having downwardly directed interior flanges formed thereon of material out of the horizontal area thereof, and a cushion heel having recesses formed therein adapted to receivesaid downwardly directed flanges, said cushlon heel having raised portions formed thereon adapted to extend into the apertures formed in the horizontal area of said plate by the striking of material therefrom to .form said downwardly directed flanges-.-

In testimony whereof, I hereunto afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

' JOSEPH H. MILLER, Witnesses H. A. WING, GENEVIEVE OULLER. 

